- "If you don't want to land in a permanent beat down here, I'd shut my mouth if I were you."
- ―Bruce Wayne
"Chapter Two" | |
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Thrillkiller | |
Title: | "Chapter Two" |
Volume: | 1 |
Number: | 2 |
Cover price: | $2.50 |
Cover date: | February, 1997 |
Publisher: | DC Comics |
Credits | |
Chief: | Jenette Kahn |
Writers: | Howard Chaykin |
Pencilers: | Dan Brereton |
Inkers: | Dan Brereton |
Cover artists: | Dan Brereton |
Cover inker: | Dan Brereton |
Cover colorist: | Dan Brereton |
Cover letterer: | Dan Brereton |
Colorists: | Dan Brereton |
Letterers: | Bill Oakley |
Assistants: | Chuck Kim |
Editors: | Archie Goodwin |
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Previous: | Thrillkiller #1 |
Next: | Thrillkiller #3 |
"Chapter Two" is the second issue of Thrillkiller comic book limited series published by DC Comics. It was written by Howard Chaykin with painted artwork by Dan Brereton and lettering by Bill Oakley. It was edited by Archie Goodwin with Chuck Kim as assistant editor. This issue shipped with a February, 1997 cover date and carries a cover price of $2.50 per copy (US).
"Chapter Two"[]
Featured characters
- Batgirl, Barbara Gordon/Barbara Jordan
- Robin, Rickart Graustark
- Bruce Wayne
Supporting characters
- Catwoman, Selina Kyle (Only appearance; dies)
- James Gordon
Villains
- Allan Sands
- Bianca Steeplechase
- Crocker
- Duell
Minor characters
- Alderman Watt
- Arnie
- Bobbi Merrill Gordon (In flashback only)
- Franz Graustark (In flashback only)
- Johann Graustark (In flashback only)
- Mama Graustark (In flashback only)
Organizations
- Glorious Graustarks (In flashback only)
- Gotham City Police Department
Races & Animals
Locations
- Arkham Asylum (Referenced only)
- Cityheart Plaza
- The Crescendo
- The Scratching Post
- Wayne Manor
- Pennsylvania (In flashback only)
- Pittsburgh
- Ellsworth & Mayer's Wonder Circus
Items
- Batcomputer
- Bat-signal
- Crossbow
- Handguns
- Mask
- Night stick (In a photograph only)
- Revolver
- Riot gear (In a photograph only)
- Jack-in-the-Box
- Saxophone
- Toxic fingernails
- Utility belt
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
- 1960s
- 1961
- Circus (In flashback only)
- Clowns
- Defenestration
- Organized crime
- Smoking
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this issue is "They were out for kicks... but now they're out for blood!"
- This issue is UPC barcode number 7 61941 20673 8 00211.
- This series is considered an "Elseworlds", which takes place in a continuity separate from that of the mainstream DC Universe.
- In the post-Infinite Crisis multiverse, the events of this series have been retroactively allocated to Earth-37. It has also been designated Earth-61.
- This issue is reprinted in the Batman: Thrillkiller trade paperback collection, published in December, 1998.
- Ellsworth & Mayer's Wonder Circus is named after Batman editors Whitney Ellsworth and Sheldon Mayer.
- This issue reveals that the Graustark family are Prussian.
- This issue establishes that it has been a year since Bianca Steeplechase arranged for the murder of the Glorious Graustarks.